'Obama-Cameron bromance nauseating'

The prime minister's decision to reveal further details of his 'bromance' with the President led to raised eyebrows in Westminster.

It followed scenes last week of Obama and Cameron eating hot dogs together and referring to each other in their speeches as 'Barack' and 'David'.

Tory MPs have privately branded the behaviour 'nauseating' and compared it to the over familiarity between George W. Bush and Tony Blair, which was laid bare when the former US President addressed his leading ally as 'Yo! Blair' at an international summit.

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Image: Obama and Cameron leave after their press conference in the Rose Garden of the White House in WashingtonPhotographs: Jason Reed/Reuters

'Cameron sounds bizarre, vain and out of touch'

In his speech, the prime minister also compared his relationship with Obama to those Sir Winston Churchill and Baroness Thatcher enjoyed with their American counterparts.

"The prime minister is plumbing new depths. Whatever you say about any of his predecessors, can you imagine Margaret Thatcher or Winston Churchill behaving like this? We all know how star-struck he was about meeting President Obama but this is just embarrassing," said Ian Austin, Labour Member of Parliament.

"Cameron is only in the job to say "look at me everybody". He sounds bizarre, vain and out of touch. It is frankly demeaning," Michael Dugher, another Labour MP, added.